Iowa coach Steve Alford was so upset with the Hawkeyes' play that he refused to allow players to talk with reporters after the game.

"These are good lessons for our kids to learn tonight. If this was when I played, we'd be on the floor right now practicing," said Alford, who played for Bob Knight at Indiana. "But the NCAA rules don't allow that (now)."

#2 DUKE 98, Georgia Tech 77: Jason Williams and Carlos Boozer combined for 34 points in the first half, then Shane Battier scored 30 of his 34 in the final 20 minutes for the visiting Blue Devils (17-1, 5-0 ACC).

The Yellow Jackets (10-7, 2-4) lost after consecutive victories over then- Top 10 teams Virginia and Wake Forest.

The Seminoles (5-13, 0-5) pulled to 60-57 with 7:42 left on a steal and breakaway layup by point guard Delvon Arrington. But Forte scored UNC's next 12 points in a span of 4:08, climaxed by a dunk that gave the Heels a 72-61 lead with 3:03 left.

VANDERBILT 63, #7 Florida 61: Freshman Brendan Plavich of visiting Vanderbilt sent the injury-struck Gators deeper into despair, hitting a pair of 3-pointers in the last 57 seconds.

Plavich hit the second 3-pointer with 29 seconds left to give the Commodores (13-4, 3-2) just their second lead of the game at 62-61.

Florida's Major Parker missed a wild shot, then, after Greg LaPointe hit a free throw to put Vandy up by two, Orien Greene left a layup on the front of the rim and the Gators (11-4, 1-3) had back-to-back losses for the first time in 60 games.

#11 ILLINOIS 92, Penn State 60: Sergio McClain had 15 points and the host Fighting Illini (15-4, 5-1) shut down the Big Ten's top scorer. Joe Crispin, averaging 22 points, was held scoreless in the first half for Penn State (11-5,

MIAMI 77, #15 Connecticut 74: The other 15th-ranked team went down as well. Marcus Barnes scored 24 points and John Salmons added 16 as the host Hurricanes (10-7, 3-2 Big East) handed the Huskies their third straight loss. UConn (13-5, 2-3) and Alabama are tied in this week's AP poll.

#23 IOWA STATE 60, Nebraska 59: The Cyclones (15-3, 3-2) got to celebrate this one twice when Martin Rancik's disputed basket at the buzzer was ruled good after a replay review and, following a wild scene in which both teams stormed the court thinking they had won, Iowa State was ruled the victor.

Down 59-58, Iowa State's Jamaal Tinsley, who led ISU with 23 points, had his shot blocked out of bounds by Kimani Ffriend with eight-tenths of a second left. The Cyclones kept the ball and Tinsley threw a perfect lob pass that Rancik caught and laid in over Ffriend as time expired.

Rancik was mobbed by his teammates. But the officials quickly waved off the basket, and went to look at the replay. At that point, the Cornhuskers started to celebrate and their fans rushed the court.

After reviewing the play, the officials ruled Rancik got off the shot in time.